Lead Analyst

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world‑changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high‑quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals.

Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to delivering service and technological solutions in support of teaching, learning, research and administration. We are recruiting an IT workforce that has both breadth in their ability to collaborate and innovate across disciplines - and depth in specific areas of expertise. HUIT offers opportunities for IT professionals to learn and work in a unique technology landscape and service‑focused environment.

If you are a technically proficient, nimble, user‑focused, and accountable IT professional who also connects with the importance of collaborating well in a team environment, we are looking for you!

Lead a talented agile team supporting the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) HRsystems - including Aurora, a custom‑built front‑end application that extends Harvard’s enterprise HRsystem, People Soft.

Guide a team of developers, analysts, and QA specialists who create and maintain applications that make Harvard’s Human Resources (HR) work smoother, smarter, and more connected. Serve as Product Owner, helping shape solutions that meet the complex and evolving needs of FAS and the broader University.

• Lead the Aurora HR agile team, overseeing several custom applications that support FAS‑specific HR and payroll processes.
• Serve as Product Owner for the Aurora portfolio, collaborating closely with FAS and University partners to prioritize features, refine workflows, and guide development through agile sprints.
• Partner with the Associate Director, HR Systems on university‑wide initiatives that impact the FAS, bringing in local subject matter expertise.
• Manage system integrations between People Soft and Harvard’s custom HR applications, ensuring data accuracy and smooth operations across schools.
• Partner with HR, payroll, finance, faculty affairs, and labor relations teams to translate complex business needs into sustainable technical solutions.
• Make infrastructure and integration decisions in partnership with the HUIT Dev Ops team.
• May take on project leadership roles for initiatives of various sizes, depending on expertise, team composition, and available capacity.

• Work will be performed in an office setting.

Our Mission:
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. We empower the Harvard community with essential and transformative technologies to advance education, knowledge, and discovery.

HUIT’s core values are:

• Human‑centered
• University‑focused
• Innovation‑driven
• Team‑oriented

HUIT’s IT Academy aims to enable each IT staff person to grow professionally and become a trusted partner to her or his team. The IT Academy is built on the belief that every IT staff member across the University (including technology employees at each school and campus) can grow in her or his area of expertise as well as building strong people and project management skills.

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• Minimum of seven years’ post‑secondary education or relevant work experience.

• Supervisory experience.
• 7+ years of experience in business systems analysis/product management with progressive responsibility of managing complex IT environments.
• Experience with running and managing large IT projects, with a…